Cyber hackers claim they stole files Monday, July 22, from the Jefferson County Clerk's Office in a ransomware attack that sent every Louisville branch offline for five days.
The hackers installed malicious software, locking files and demanding money that locked up all systems at branches across Jefferson County.
The Russian cyberattack happened on July 22 and caused branches of the clerk's office to be closed for nearly a week.
Jefferson County Clerk Bobbie Holsclaw sat in her office Wednesday in downtown Louisville lamenting the "dark cloud" that seems to cover her branches this summer.